> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gateways.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Database

> Managed databases—engine submenu, configuration panel, API subtype database.

## Summary

|                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Purpose**     | **Managed relational databases** (RDS-style, Cloud SQL, Azure Database, etc.—provider-dependent).                                                                                                                                            |
| **Create menu** | “Create a database instance” → **engine submenu** (see below).                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **API subtype** | `database` for all engines; **engine** and **engine version** live in resource metadata.                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Panel**       | **`DatabaseConfigurationPanel`** — engine-specific branding (Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB icons), **region**, **instance class** grid with pricing where available, **storage**, **Multi-AZ**, credentials, and other provider fields. |

## Engine submenu (Create)

| Engine                             | Notes                             |
| ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| **Aurora (MySQL compatible)**      | AWS Aurora MySQL–compatible.      |
| **Aurora (PostgreSQL compatible)** | AWS Aurora PostgreSQL–compatible. |
| **MySQL**                          | Standalone MySQL-compatible.      |
| **PostgreSQL**                     | Standalone PostgreSQL.            |
| **MariaDB**                        | MariaDB.                          |

**GCP and Azure:** The Create submenu typically shows only **MySQL** and **PostgreSQL**; Aurora and MariaDB entries are **hidden** because they are AWS-specific in the current UI.

## Configuration (typical)

* **Name**, **region**, **engine / version** — Drives which **instance classes** and **pricing** rows appear.
* **Instance class** — Searchable grid with families and sizes; **On-Demand** pricing used for sorting when pricing metadata exists.
* **Storage** — Allocated size and sometimes IOPS / throughput tiers per engine.
* **Multi-AZ** — High-availability deployment where the provider supports it (affects pricing selection in the panel).
* **Master password** — Collected for new databases (masked in UI); treat as sensitive.

## Canvas and connections

* Connect **applications** and **functions** via **resource connections** or connection strings in app configuration.
* Pair with [DB monitoring](/gateways/resources/utilities) under Utilities for metrics where enabled.

## Operations

* **Sync from cloud** refreshes status from the provider (see unified resources sync).
* **Delete** uses the unified delete path; may require teardown order (snapshots, subnets) per cloud.

**API:** [API documentation](/api/index) → **Databases**, **Resources**.

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